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Social adjustment and self-esteem in remitted patients with mood disorders

par Serretti, Alessandro;Cavallini, Maria Cristina;Macciardi, Fabìo;Namia, Caterina;Franchini, Linda;Smeraldi, Enrico;Souery, Daniel ;Lipp, Olivier;Bauwens, Fabienne;Mendlewicz, Julien
Référence European psychiatry, 14, 3, page (137-142)
Publication Publié, 1999-06

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Mood disorders are characterized by manic and depressive episodes alternating with normal mood. While social function is heavily impaired during episodes of illness, there are conflicting opinions about inter-episode function. The present paper focuses on self-esteem and social adjustment in remitted mood disorders patients. Patients with mood disorders (99 bipolar and 86 major depressive subjects, in remission) were compared with a group of 100 control subjects. The self-esteem scale (SES) and the social adjustment scale (SAS) were used to measure self-esteem and social adjustment, respectively, in both groups of subjects. Patients with mood disorder exhibited worse social adjustment and lower self-esteem than control subjects. These results strongly confirm previous observations of poor inter-episode function in patients with mood disorder. © 1999 Elsevier, Paris.